perfect example of reasons to own a gun for home defense...this guy was lucky to have disarmed the guy...headline could have easily be written as "father and son killed by home invader". I live in this city and although it is not the safest, safer than only 14% of cities in the US, this happened in the upscale safer area in the city

I grew up on a farm in north central Missouri. A neighbor of mine was (and is) fairly poor. He builds fence and works on a farm for a living. He doesn't make a lot of money, and doesn't need much to make himself happy. He hunts year round for food. And that's the honest truth. He hunts deer, turkey, rabbit, and squirrel to feed himself and his family (3 of his 4 kids have grown up and moved out) along with what he grows on the farm and in his garden. If guns were banned, then his way of life would have to change. He'd be forced to change the way he grew up and lived his life because he.. did nothing wrong?

If anything, imo, make the penalty for illegal gun use more severe, and quicker. Don't take 4 years to sentence someone to death/life in prison (which is ridiculous, what a stupid stupid sentence, but w/e that's another troll thread). Let people know that they will be judged harshly and quickly if they improperly use a gun and be done with them.

sadly, it'd still be a pretty unlikely scenario that us citizens would be able to overthrow the government, given the toys they give to the military, and the restrictions placed on what is legal for citizens to own and purchase.

Well, that was the Founders' idea at least, when they codified the 2nd amendment. They were men of imagination, but some of the stuff we've come up with in the meantime would stretch credulity for them.

Still, in the face of real tyranny (which is NOT "the wrong guy got elected") I'm sure enough Americans would resist said tyranny to make it tough to be a tyrant.

I do know people who are VERY close to thinking this. This is the absolute last thing any rational person should ever want. War is horrible when it's 10,000 miles away. You don't want it in your neighborhood. I ****ing promise that you don't.

I have no idea why people in this country feel the need to own a gun. I live in a city that ranked highest in 2011 for murders per capita. I live in a neighborhood where there are gun crimes to and from my walk to public transportation every day. I am a 95lb girl who clearly would not be able to stand up to an attacker. I have never one time in my life felt like a gun would protect me, or stop anything bad from happening. It is an outdated archaic constitutional right that had a time and a place that has long since passed.

Being smart and aware of your surrounding is key. "Bad things" can and will happen anywhere at any time, guns or no guns. They are not the problem or the answer, but they sure do not help anything.

Anyone who thinks guns will protect them from the government if & when necessary is delusional.Anyone who claims to need them to protect their family should really consider where and how they are storing their firearms? Are they always placed ready to go on your bedside table so you can immediately fight off someone in a break in? I hope not. More likely, they are locked away in a safe or a cabinet somewhere. How much good are they doing you there?